Pragmatic Markers in British English

Fundamental to oral fluency, pragmatic markers facilitate the flow of spontaneous, interactional and social conversation. Variously termed ''hedges'', ''fumbles'' and ''conversational greasers'' in earlier academic studies, this book explores the meaning, function and role of ''well'', ''I mean'', ''just'', ''sort of'', ''like'' and ''you know'' in British English. Adopting a sociolinguistic and h...